Why does Elder Scrolls lore so boring? Yeah, there's lots of it in in-game books but most of it is just dull and not that interesting - quantity over quality. None of the races feel that much different aside from a few cosmetic changes. Compared to D&D, M&M, Warhammer, Tolkien, it just feels...... uninspired.
Why does Elder Scrolls lore so boring? Yeah...
Jonathan Cooper
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Brody Thomas
lol cringe b8
James Parker
nice argument
Austin Brown
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Juan Williams
Most of the books just aren't very good, the only one I always remember is the failed invasion of Akavir. That would make a great movie plot.
Oliver Ross
I don't know I like the idea of the sun being a giant hole in the sky through which magic keeps flowing.
Luis Diaz
The metaphysics is kind of dry they try to spice up with random buttsex.
The geopolitical situation and history has a few fans.
Ryan Davis
>boring
Subjective. I dig Gnostic and mythological worldbuilding in the lore.
Nathan Moore
There's a difference between the story itself being boring and the way they present it and tell it being boring, you know?
>An ancient dragon lord is resurrecting dragons from the dead to wreak havoc upon Skyrim and you have to learn powerful ancient shouts that can send people flying or literally breathe fire
The premise isn't boring, it's just that Bethesda has no fucking clue whatsoever as to what presentation and storytelling is
Julian Miller
Made billions
Still talked about a decade later.
Do tell how you would have done better.
Grayson Cox
Yet the story of the Dragonborn isn't that well known... Narrative isn't one of the things the majority of players discuss. It's gameplay. They are satisfied with the premise of the "chosen one" that can talk to dragons.
Easton Torres
Fuck off Todd. I'm talking about quality not the success of it
Nicholas Martinez
TES lore is wacky as fuck but none of it is actually in the games
Brody Allen
Quality was fine. The player knew what they had too and if were interested in learning more it was there.
What exactly would you have changed?
Owen Diaz
Then it actually isn't lore.
That is actually a fanfic.
Easton Gomez
Well unless you are talking tbe Keyes novels. In that case it is lore but not in game.
Luis White
>The player knew what they had too
I'm assuming you said the player knew what they had to do? In that case, it is literally the bare minimum and required for a game to make you follow along it's narrative path, almost every game does this. The story just does not make sense at all in a lot of places, why would Delphine boss you around when the Blades serve the Dragonborn and not the other way around? Why would she send you on a stealth mission with no predisposed knowledge or evidence to suggest the Thalmor are involved? And the end boss fight is anti climactic because you're already overleved and it's not even as impactful or challenging as fighting a frost troll when you're underleveled and don't have gear yet
Luke Sullivan
Lorkhan, that demiurge nigger, doomed spirits to be stuck in a shitty mortal realm.
Carter Flores
All of the wacky TES lore is objectively 100% fully ingame, every single thing excluding something like Kinmune
CHIM, Amaranth, Moon colonies, Sunbirds whatever you name it
it is 100% canon
Aaron Hughes
>fighting one-dimensional generic monster villains is considered good writing
I know it's fantasy and all, and the standards in the genre are pretty low as it is but don't tell me you're actually impressed by it
Leo Jones
Does Delphine's suspicion of the Thalmor really puzzle you?
The group that hunted down and killed nearly every member of her organization.
The group that delivered the heads of 500 blades to the Emperor.
We need Sherlock Holmes to get to the bottom of this one.
Owen Young
Thalmor are most likely wrong in their goals, but reminder that altmer have every right to tell Talos and Empire shits to fuck off.
Aaron Sanders
Don't you "visit" the moon colony while high on skooma?
May not be the validation you believe it to be.
Liam Cook
> Elder Scrolls lore so boring
Bad bait.
Colton Carter
The thing about TES lore is that it's presented very differently than the other settings you listed. In your other examples, the lore is plainly presented, mostly very surface level, somewhat consistent, and easy to digest. TES lore is a bit of a snarled mess with in-setting writers giving conflicting viewpoints. Much of the lore is subtle, and not so obvious to someone just blazing through the game. It has a very different feel to it, to the point where I wouldn't even compare it to other settings. I would also like to point out that most of the good lore is in the third one. 4 and 5 are pretty bland and uninspired. They present nothing new of interest, and discard a lot of previous lore. A shame, really.
Luis Barnes
>why does the lore suck?
>races are the same, just look different
So you didn’t read the lore then.
Kayden Reyes
But why would they be involved in unneeded destruction when it hinders the development of one of the provinces they control? She's just ignorant and would pin the blame on them regardless of what you can say to her, I get that's the entire point of her character is to be annoying and ignorant, but it makes no sense that you can't do anything about it at all and have to follow along with whatever she tells you
Brayden Jones
Just the metaphysics.
When they get going it is like listening to a zoning hearing.
The real meat and potatoes is the geopolitical situation
Dominic Williams
Most fantasy just boils down to fighting some big ass monster or something, I'm not impressed but at least it's not below the standard of a fantasy story, it's good enough to retain your attention
Easton Walker
Yes, one time, then the next time you go to a moon colony through a literal moon portal with three other people
Pic related, it is a portal that descendants of Annequina can utilize, they can also make moons literally move in the fucking sky with enough of a tonal charge
Brayden Murphy
Why again? I forgot.
Oliver Watson
The lore allows alot of wiggle room so you can roleplay as anything you like.
Julian Turner
Gay thread, actual lorefag here, whats up